Nodeweed (Synedrella nodiflora)

Jotang kuda or nodeweed (Synedrella nodiflora) is a species of plant in the Asteraceae, herbaceous annuals, erect or lying at the base, forked branches repeatedly, up to 1.5 meters high, cylindrical stems, dark red or green in color and white hair.

S. nodiflora has leaves sitting opposite to the stalk-shaped chamfer, 0.5-5.5 cm long and hairy around it. Egg-shaped strands are elongated, the base is narrowed along the stalk, the tip is pointed, the margins are serrated and hairy on both surfaces.



Compound flowers in small bulbs, 8-10 mm long, seated or short-stemmed, containing 10-20 flowers clustered together, clustered in terminals or in leaf axils, 1-7 bulbs together. Protective leaves are oval, elongated, pointed ends and hairy.

Peripheral flowers have 4-8 units with yellow bands, 2-3 peduncles and 2 mm long. Tubular disc flowers, 6-18 items, bright yellow with bright yellow spurs. The anther tube is blackish brown.

Hard fruit with two kinds of shape. The fruit of the periphery is very flat, winged and serrated at the edges and ends, while the fruit of the disc flower is long narrow with 2-4 needles at the tip. 0.5 cm long.

The plant often grows in plantations, yards, roadsides, fences, waterways, fields and abandoned lands. Young leaves are sometimes used as a lalab. This plant is also used as a liniment to relieve rheumatism.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Synedrella Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456 (1791)
Species: Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn. in Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 456 (1791)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Ucacou nodiflorum (L.) Hitchc. in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 100 (1893)
Verbesina nodiflora L. in Cent. Pl. I: 28 (1755)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Verbesina dichotoma Sieber ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 751 (1841)
Wedelia cryptocephala Peter in Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen, Math.-Phys. Kl., n.f., 13(2): 94 (1928)

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VERNACULAR NAME

Bengali: ঘোড়ায় চড়া Ghōṛāẏa caṛā
Burmese: မြင်းစီးခြင်း Myinnhcee hkyinn
Chinese (simplified): 金腰箭
Chinese (traditional): 金腰箭 - 苞殼菊
English: Nodeweed, Cinderella weed
Filipino: Fantankuen
France: Herbe à feu
Guangdong: 金腰箭 - 苞殼菊
Hindi: घोड़े की सवारी Ghode kee savaaree
Hong Kong: 金腰箭 - 苞殼菊
Indonesian: Jotang Kuda
Japanese: フシザキソウ - アメリカワタナ
Java: Jotang kuda, Bruwan, Gletang warak, Krasuk, Serunen
Kannada: Tota halu gida
Lao: ການຂີ່ມ້າ Kan khima
Macao: 金腰箭 - 苞殼菊
Malayalam: Mudiyendra pacha
Melayu: Jotang kuda
Nepali: Hare Jhaar
Oceania: Walapon, Hosihaena
Pashto: د اس سپور کول Da as spor kol
Portuguese: Barbatana, Botão-de-ouro, Corredeira, Vassourinha
Queensland: Cinderella weed
Russian: Синедрелла узлоцветковая
Sinhala: අශ්වයා පැදීම Aśvayā pædīma
Sunda: Babadotan lalaki, Jukut berak kambing, Jukut gendreng
Tamil: குதிரை சவாரி Kutirai cavāri
Ternate: Gofu makeang
Thai: ผักแครด
Urdu: گھڑ سواری۔ Ghad swari
Vietnam: Cưỡi ngựa

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